Wheel-scraper



No. 62|,882 Patented Mar. 28, I899.

J W WHIPP WHEEL SCRAPEB.

(Application filed Dec. 3, 1898.)

Modal.)

wire TATES J OHN- IV. W'HIPP, OF GRAPE VINE, TEXAS.

WHEEL-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,882, dated March 28, 1899.

Application filed December 3, 1898. 1ii11 698i196- (N m l- To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. WHIPP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grape Vine, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Wheel- Scraper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wheel-scrapers; and the object thereof is to provide a simple and improved attachment which will scrape dirt, trash, 850., both from the tread of the tire and from opposite sides of the folly.

To this end the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts,

as will be hereinafter more fully described,

and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan viewof the device mounted upon the axle of a vehicle. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the support. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the scrapers.

Corresponding parts are denoted by like reference characters in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates an axle having a wheel 2 mounted thereon.

The present device embodies in its construction a support 3, a fixed scraping-blade 4, and a double-bladed loose scraping-knife 5. The support 3 consists of a pair of divergent arms or braces 6, provided at their free ends with hooks or eyes 7 and at their converged ends with an elongated eye or slot 8. This support is preferably formed from a single length of metal bent intermediate its ends to form the arms 6 and twisted to provide the eye 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. To mount this support upon the axle, a pair of straps or bands 9 are provided thereon just inside of the wheel and the hooks 7 of the arms 6 are engaged therewith, the divergent disposition of the arms serving to brace each other, as

will be understood.

The fixed scraper 4 comprises a scrapingblade 10 and an attaching-shank 11, the blade 11 and at-approximately right angles thereto by means of nuts 13, provided upon each side of the eyebolt. This arrangement permits of thefixed bladebeingadjusted vertically. The upper nut is provided with a suitable handle 14, or is in the form of a winged nut for tightening the same without the employment of a wrench. The shank of the eyebolt is adj ustably mounted in the slot 8 of the support by means of suitable nuts 15, provided upon the threaded end of the bolt and at opposite sides of the support to be clamped thereagainst.

The double-blade scraping-knife comprises two substantially parallel blades 16, shanks 17, arranged at obtuse angles to the blades, and an eye 18 at the outer meeting ends of the shanks. This scraping-knife is preferably formed from a single length of metal bent intermediate its ends and providing the eye 18, the shanks, and the flat scrapingblades. This knife is pivoted or loosely connected to the blade 10 at its outer end by means of a suitable pivot-bolt or rivet 19, receiving the eye 18 loosely, so as to permit of the knife moving sidewise upon its conneetion with the blade. This telly-scraper is pivoted to the tire-scraping blade in the plane of the wheel and opposite the periphery thereof, whereby the blades of the scraper may automatically accommodate themselves to any unevenness of the telly.

In mounting the device the bands are first applied to the axle. Then the support is hooked or engaged with the bands and extends at right angles from the axle and in a horizontal plane. The support is arranged as near as possible to the wheel and extends to or beyond the rim thereof. The eyebolt, having the scraping-blades attached thereto, is then adjusted in the slot of the support toward or away from the wheel in planes parallel therewith and at right angles thereto to engage the fixed scraper-blade obliquely across the tread of the tire, as best shown in Fig. 2. The shank 11 depends below the support 3, and the knife 5 extends above the fixed blade and embraces the folly, one blade upon each side thereof and disposed obliquely across the sides thereof. Each of the scraping-blades is disposed below the support, so that the dirt, 850., will be discharged below the support and therefore will not collect thereon. The

device is designed to be mounted upon the rear side of the wheel, so that as the latter revolves the fixed blade scrapes the dirt from the tread of the tire, while the blades of the pivoted knife scrape the opposite faces of the felly. Thus the wheel is cleaned of all dirt in a convenient and effective manner. 3y means of the pivotal mounting of the knifeblades the latter are free to oscillate back and forth to accommodate themselves to any unevenness of the folly, and thus effectively scrape every portion of the felly.

It will be noted by particular reference to Fig. 3 that the shank of the scraper disposes the blade 10 below the horizontal axis of the wheel and that by reason of the deflection of the blade, as heretofore described, the same is adapted to fit approximately fiat across the tread of the tire and the upward inclination or oblique arrangement of the blade occasions a smooth drawing action thereof.

- The slot 8 in the support permits of the scraper being adjusted to wheels of different diameter, and the eyebolt may be adjusted transversely through said slot to fit the blades of the scraping-knife evenly upon opposite sides of the felly. As the support extends horizontally from the axle and the scraping-blades depend therefrom, the scraping and cleaning operation takes place below the horizontal diameter of the wheel, and the dirt is discharged below the support and is not carried up and dropped thereon. The blades are preferably disposed obliquely across the tread of the tire and the faces of the telly, so that a long scraping edge is provided.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.

Having thus described the invention, is claimed is 1. A wheel-scraper, comprising a support adapted to be applied to a part of the vehicle, and a scraper having a pair of scraper-blades, the latter being adapted to engage opposite sides of the telly, and the body of the scraper being pivoted below the point of action of the blades in the plane of the wheel and opposite the periphery thereof, whereby a drawing action is had, and the blades may automatically accommodate themselves to any unevenness of the felly,substantiall v in the manner shown and described.

2. In a wheel-scraper, the combination of a support adapted to be applied to a part of the vehicle, a fixed ti re-scraping blade carried by the support, and a telly-scraper having a pair of scraper blades, the body of the fellyscraper being pivoted to the tire-scraping blade below the point of action of the fellyscraper blades in the plane of the wheel and opposite the periphery thereof, whereby a drawing action is had by the blades, and the latter may move simultaneously upon the what pivot to accommodate themselves to any unevenness of the felly, substantially as shown and described.

3. A wheel-scraper, comprising a support adapted to be applied to a part of the vehicle, and a scraper carried thereby and com prising a shank having a scraper-blade inclined upwardly therefrom, the shank depending from the support and disposing the blade below the horizontal axis of the wheel and obliquely across the tire thereof, whereby a drawing action is had, substantially as shown and described.

4. A wheel-scraper, comprising a support adapted to be applied to a part of the vehicle, and a scraper carried thereby and comprising a shank having a scraper-blade inclined upwardly therefrom and twisted or deflected rearwardly, the shank depending from the support and disposing the scraper below the horizontal axis of the wheel, and the blade by reason of its inclination and deflection being disposed obliquely and fiat across the tread of the tire, whereby a drawing action is had, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a wheel-scraper, the combination of a pair of straps or bands applied to the axle of a vehicle, a support having a pair of (livergent arms provided with hooks or eyes at their free ends, and a longitudinal slot formed at the other end of the support, the hooks being adapted to engage the bands and mount the support upon the vehicle, and a scraper comprising a scraper-blade and an attachingshank, the latter being adj ustably mounted in the slot of the support, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a wheel-scraper, the combination of a pair of straps or bands applied to the axle of a vehicle, a support formed from a single length of material bent intermediate its ends into a pair of divergent arms having hooks at their free ends and twisted to provide a longitudinal slot at the bent end,and a scraper comprising a blade and an attaching-shank, the latter being adjustably mounted in the slot of the support, substantially as shown and described.

7. A wheel-scraper, comprising a support adapted to be applied to a part of the vehicle, an arm extending laterally from the support and capable of both a transverse and a longitudinal adjustment thereon, and a scraper comprising a scraping-blade and a shank,

the latter depending from the arm and capable of a vertical adjustment thereon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In aWheel-scraper, the combination of a support applied to a part of the vehicle, a double-blade pivoted scraping-knife, said knife being formed from a single length of material bent intermediate its ends and providing spaced scraping-blades, shanks at an angle to the blades, and an eye at the bent or connecting portion of the shanks forming the pivotal connection therefor, and means conthe axle and provided with a longitudinalslot, an eyebolt having its shank adj ustably mounted in said slot and secured therein by nuts, a fixed scraper comprising a blade and an attaching-shank, the shank being fitted in the eye of the bolt and adjustably secured therein by nuts, and a double-blade scraper pivoted. to the blade of the fixed scraper,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

11. A Wheel-scraper, oomprisinga support adapted to be applied to a part of a vehicle and provided with a horizontally-disposed longitudinal slot, an eyebolt having its shank fitted in the slot and capable of both a longitudinal and a transverse adjustment therein, and a scraper comprising ashank and a scraping-blade, the shank depending from the eye of the bolt and adjustable vertically therein, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. WVI-IIPP.

VVitnes ses:

- JAMES H. WEBB,

E. W. BROADHURST. 

